Fountain in the rue du Regard Year VII (1799) The Courboin, François 1865-1926 illustrator Color wood engravings enk London Heinemann, William 1898 1 colored plate ; 10 x 15 cm. This plate shows a woman in an Empire style dress, typically made of white muslin. These dresses were called 'chemises' and had an empire waist (right below the bosom). Women wore only light underwear underneath, in contrast to the corsets and petticoats of earlier and later fashions. This style was simple and showed more of the woman's natural body than older, more formal styles. The woman wears a simple cotton hat, adorned with a ribbon, reflective of a more democratic style worn by women at all levels of society and made more cheaply with the influx of cotton from British-ruled India. 1-SIZE GT887 .U8 1898 1145808246497316 Fashion in Paris the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 Uzanne, Octave 1852-1931 creator enk London William Heinemann 1898 Plate 5 Fountains France Paris Fashion France Paris Women France Paris ArtPrintsSocial LifeClassesSocial LifeGender studiesArtFashion1792-1804 (The First Republic) Paris Capital of the 19th Century 6 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.